Gisèle Pelicot to take stand to comment on rape trial evidence so far | Dominique Pelicot rape trial

He claims that the rape trial against the ex -husband and the other 50 men should be held in the public, and French grandmother Giselle Pelico, a feminist hero, will be on the stage on Wednesday and will comment on evidence so far. is.

The 72 -year -old former logistics manager was assaulted by her husband Dominik Pelicot (71 years old) at the time without knowing. Pelico mixed her sleeping pills and anxiolytics with her food and drinks and invited her to raped her for nine years. It was held in Mazan Village, Provence from 2011 to 2020.

Dominik Pelico has been charged and has been in contact with men in an online chat room under the title “Unknown to her” for almost 10 years, where a stranger is in the southern village of Mazan Village. He said he was arranging to come to the house. I rape my wife in a coma in bed. He said he administered drugs in the ice cream bowl he brought while watching TV during a meal or after dinner.

Pelicot said in a court, “I am also a rape, just like other people in this room,” and recognizes that the other men in the trial are invited to rape their wives. He said he was.

Giselle Pelico said in court last month, “I have never agreed to Pelico or other men for a moment,” and said, “I was sacrificed on the altar of vicious.”

In a two -month testimony, the court talked from dozens of defendants. The majority denied rape. Some people thought that the pelicotto was pretending to be sleeping or playing games, or that the fact that her husband agreed was enough.

Police discovered a rape alleged video evidence after Dominik Pelico, who filmed a female skirt at a supermarket in 2020, was arrested.

Police have identified a total of 50 men from the films that the pelicotto kept with labels carefully. Men in trial with the pelicotto may be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years. A total of 49 men are raped, one has attempted rape, and one has been charged with sexual assault. The other five have been accused of having an image of child abuse.

Defendants from the age of 26 to 74 include nurses, journalists, prison officers, local council members, soldiers, truck drivers, and farm workers.

Pelicot said he was humiliated by a lawyer who claimed that he had made a mistake or had been drunk or pretended to sleep.

“While I was in this court, I have been humiliated. I am called alcoholic poisoning, Pelicot's conspiracy,” she said in court last month and said, “Destroyed for 10 years. '' he added.

“I couldn't respond when I was placed. I was in a coma -the video shows that.”

As the trial approached the middle point, she was invited by the court to give a lecture.

Pelico's lawyer Antoine Camus said, “What the people who attacked her would want,” said she didn't want a private trial. She wanted this trial to raise awareness of drug use in sexual assault.

Thousands of people participated in street demonstrations throughout France to support Giselle Pelico.

The trial will be held until December 20.